20 July 2020
Wealth management company Brewin Dolphin has made two key hires to its sustainability team with the appointments of Tom Blathwayt as head of sustainability and Kelly Eva as sustainability manager. The function is overseen by the company’s group people and sustainability director, Richard Buxton.
Tom Blathwayt
Kelly Eva
Tom leads the sustainability team, which is responsible for defining and overseeing the implementation of Brewin Dolphin’s approach to sustainability. This includes driving the company’s ESG strategy and responsible investment propositions, shaping engagement and stewardship activities, and leading corporate responsibility activities.
Tom started his career at strategy consultancy Monitor, where he was a founding member of the Inclusive Markets practice. From 2013 to 2015, he lived in India, where he co-led the Monitor/FSG Mumbai office, focusing on the social and environmental challenges faced by fast growing businesses in emerging markets. He was previously an executive director at Nesta, the innovation foundation, responsible for early stage investments and spinouts, and a portfolio board director at Walking Ventures VC. As an independent strategy consultant, he has advised leading private equity and venture capital funds, impact investment firms and corporates on sustainability strategy. Tom has a degree in modern languages from Cambridge University and an MPA (Master Public Administration) from Harvard.
Kelly becomes Brewin Dolphin’s sustainability manager having previously been an investment manager in the charity team, where she developed a passion for, and expertise in, responsible investment. She has been at the company for eight years and in that time has completed the CISI wealth manager qualification and CFA certificate in ESG investing. Prior to joining Brewin Dolphin, she worked at Lloyds Banking Group as part of the corporate markets graduate scheme. Kelly graduated with a first-class degree in economics and finance from the University of Exeter.
Richard Buxton, group people and sustainability director, Brewin Dolphin, said: “We are thrilled with the appointments of Tom and Kelly, who together will lead the charge to develop our sustainability proposition further. They both bring a host of relevant skills and strong experience to their roles, combining Kelly’s in-depth knowledge of wealth management with Tom’s global sustainability expertise. I look forward to seeing how they will further shape and implement our vision for sustainability.”
Continuing to hire during lockdown
Since March, the company has also made many hires in its integrated wealth management, business development, research and technology departments across the UK. Brewin Dolphin’s genuine and inclusive culture together with its reputation as one of the UK’s leading wealth management companies, enables it to attract and retain high-calibre candidates, who go on to grow their careers at the company over the long-term.
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PRESS INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:
Richard Janes richard.janes@brewin.co.uk / Tel. +44 (0) 20 3201 3343
Anita Turland anita.turland@brewin.co.uk / Tel: (0) 20 3201 4263
Payal Nair payal.nair@brewin.co.uk / Tel: +44 (0) 20 3201 3342
Camarco: brewin@camarco.co.uk / Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4980
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin is a UK FTSE 250 provider of discretionary wealth management. With £41.4* billion in total funds, it offers award-winning personalised wealth management services that meet the varied needs of our clients including individuals, charities and corporates.
We give clients security and wellbeing by helping them to protect and grow their wealth, in order to enrich their lives by achieving their goals and aspirations. Our services range from bespoke, discretionary investment management to retirement planning and tax-efficient investing. Our focus on discretionary investment management has led to significant growth in client funds and we now manage £35.7* billion on a discretionary basis.
Our intermediary business manages £12.5* billion of assets for over 1,700 advice firms either on a discretionary basis or via our Managed Portfolio Service.
In line with the premium we place on personal relationships, we’ve built a network of 33 offices across the UK, Jersey and Dublin, staffed by qualified investment managers and financial planners. We are committed to the most exacting standards of client service, with long-term thinking and absolute focus on our clients’ needs at the core.
*as at 31st March 2020
Disclaimers:
- The value of investments can fall and you may get back less than you invested
- Brewin Dolphin is authorised and regulated by the FCA (Financial Services Register reference number 124444)